House Armed Services Committee Vice Chairman Mac Thornberry is in the middle of a
bipartisan effort to reform defense acquisition policies. The goal is to save money
and inspire new technology development in the defense industrial base. But plenty of
ideas to reform DoD acquisition have floated around Washington for years. Steve
Grundman is former Deputy Defense Undersecretary for Industrial Affairs and
Installations and George Lund fellow at the Atlantic Council. He shared a list of
principles to finally turn those ideas into action on In
Depth with Francis Rose.